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The South American territorial disputes are the territorial disputes and litigations that have developed in South America since the aftermath of the continent's wars of independence, which have shaped the current political geography of the region. These conflicts have been resolved through both military and diplomatic means.
Dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the Turtle Islands located south of the Philippines, which was then American territory. In a 1930 treaty the United Kingdom acknowledged American sovereignty over the islands and was agreed upon that the British would remain administering the island until the United States express ...
Map showing the territorial dispute and its resolution in 1966. The Alto Palena-Encuentro River border dispute was a territorial dispute between the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Chile over the demarcation of the boundary between landmarks XVI and XVII of their common border [1] [2] [3] in the valleys located north of General Vintter/Palena Lake (formerly General Paz Lake), [4] [5 ...
1821 — 1998 Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute; 1836 — 1839 War of the Confederation; 1837 — 1839 War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation; 1879 — 1884 War of the Pacific; 1932 — 1933 Leticia Incident with Colombia. 1941 — 1942 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War; 1968 1968 Peruvian coup d'état; 1981 — Paquisha War.
In 1819, the Treaty of Florida was signed between Spain and the United States, and Spain ceded all of Florida to the United States. In 1811, the Spanish crushed the San Antonio (Texas) revolt during the revolution against the royalists in the Mexican War of Independence. The remaining rebels then turned to the United States for help.
This was one of the most peaceful colonial independences ever seen in human history. Territorial disputes in South America in the 19th century. A struggle for power emerged among the new nations, and several further wars were soon fought thereafter. The first few wars were fought for supremacy in the northern and southern parts of the continent.
The crisis ultimately saw Britain accept the United States' intervention in the dispute to force arbitration of the entire disputed territory, and tacitly accept the US right to intervene under the Monroe Doctrine. A tribunal convened in Paris in 1898 to decide the matter, and in 1899 awarded the bulk of the disputed territory to British Guiana.
Disputed islands of South America (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Disputed territories in South America" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.